Uber has agreed to settle two class-action lawsuits brought by its drivers. One was started in Massachusetts, the other in California, where drivers sued to be considered employees eligible for ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals court has upheld an order requiring Uber and Lyft to treat their California drivers as employees instead of independent contractors, less than two weeks before ...

Uber and Lyft drivers who appeal deactivations by the rideshare giants rarely get reinstated, according to a report issued by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance and the Asian American Legal Defense ...

Uber is not providing the benefits to California drivers that a state law requires in order ​to treat them as independent ...

A ruling in California could have big implications for Uber and its business model. Uber is the big ridesharing company. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The California Labor Commission ruled that a driver who ...

Levi Sumagaysay, reporter at CalMatters, says California is the second state to pass such law. It’s still unclear which union might represent rideshare drivers. California has enacted a law requiring ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Drivers who worked for ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] in California and Massachusetts over the past seven years would have been entitled to an estimated $730 million in ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. A measure recently signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom will ...

A recently reported sexual assault in North Charleston is renewing scrutiny of how rideshare companies screen drivers, and be held accountable.